FP420 Low voltage supply Henning E. Larsen, INFN and Risoe 19. May 2006

Location If the LV electronics should stay within some 20m from the detectors, there are only two possible locations (ref Daniela Macina): –Below the new cryostat, where the radiation level is estimated at about 700 Gy per year of running at full luminosity; –Below or near the adjacent magnets, where the radiation is much lower and estimated at about 15 Gy per year, but where there are already other things.

Functions for a superlayer supply Each superlayer will be LV supplied by a separate unit=> isolation –own ac-ac power transformer secondary winding –own AC-DC rectifier bridge –isolated digital communcation interface Linear regulators for radiation hardness (LHC4913 STM tol 5kGy) (2.0V and 1.6V, 5W) Remote controlled fine adjustable offset and shutdown. Monitoring of the voltage, current and heatsink temperature

LV supply blockdiagram

LV Crate for 1 station, 8 superlayers

Alice DCS

Open issues Location of support electronics in tunnel Communication interface module in LV supply? Communication medium to slow control system: Fiber or cupper? …

LV Block diagram Located in shielded location some meters (3..20m) from frontend One module per plane for redundancy and noise reasons Remote monitor of V,I and T Remote control of deltaV and power ON/Off Local over-temperture protection

Critical issues for support electronics What is the infrastructure and environement in LHC: Location of support electronics in the tunnel Radiation levels at these location Suitable electronics to survive there Temperature range Data communication